Formula E to race in New York in 2017

Race weekend is scheduled for July 29-30 on Brooklyn street circuit

Sebastien Buemi won the 2015-16 Formula E championship. The series kicks off its 2016-17 season Oct. 9 in Hong Kong and will close out the season with races July 29-30 in New York.

Formula E is coming to Brooklyn.

Currently the lone U.S. stop on the 2016-17 schedule, the series for all-electric cars will race on the streets of Brooklyn's Red Hook neighborhood on a 1.21-mile street circuit. The two-race, two-day event is scheduled for July 29-30. It will be the series' first stop in New York. The Brooklyn race will make up rounds 13 and 14 in the 14-round schedule. Two rounds have yet to be announced. Formula E previously raced in Miami (2014-15 season) and Long Beach, California (2014-15 and 2015-16). The proposed course in New York will include ares around Pier 11 and the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. Lower Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty will serve as backdrops. The 2016-17 season will be the third for the series. Past driver champions include Sebastien Buemi (2015-16) and Nelson Piquet Jr. (2014-15).

2016/17 FIA FORMULA E SCHEDULE as of 09/21/16

Round 1

Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R

Oct. 9

2016

R2

Marrakesh, Morocco

Nov. 12

2016

R3

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Feb. 18

2017

R4

Mexico City

April 1

2017

R5

TBD

TBD

2017

R6

Monaco

May 13

2017

R7

Paris

May 20

2017

R8

Berlin

June 10

2017

R9

TBD

TBD

2017

R10

Brussels, Belgium

July 1

2017

R11

Montreal

July 15

2017

R12

Montreal

July 16

2017

R13

New York

July 29

2017

R14

New York

July 30

2017

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